Leader, Senior Backend Engineer - American Standard : Job Details

About Us Every person on the planet dreams of a better home. And at LIXIL, we're committed to making better homes a reality for everyone, everywhere. We make it happen with pioneering water and housing technology solutions. Home to world leading brands like INAX, American Standard, GROHE, TOSTEM and many more, we touch the lives of more than a billion people each day, transforming houses into homes. Our planet is the home we all share. So how we do business matters. Our inclusive and empowering culture, entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to having a positive impact on the planet are integral to our business strategy. LIXIL today is on a journey of transformation. The world around us is changing. Technological advances. Evolving needs. New demographics. Shifting expectations. These changes serve as opportunities for solutions to be discovered, and to unlock progress for all. We invite you to make this journey with us. It is as challenging as it is inspiring. Together we can shape the future of living. We're a home for growth, for imagination, for creativity. A home for your talent and ambition. A home for everyone. Overview Hydrific is a fast-paced startup venture by LIXIL, tackling the world's urgent need for water-saving solutions. Our team develops cutting-edge products to transform sustainability in the home such as IoT smart home devices. Hydrific is committed to revolutionizing how we relate to our planet's most precious life-giving resource: water. Enjoy the creativity and independence of a startup along with the stability and benefits of a large organization. Our parent company, LIXIL, is the global leader in the housing and building industry, bringing together reputable brands like GROHE, American Standard, and INAX. LIXIL employs 55,000 employees in 150 countries with the shared purpose of making better homes a reality for everyone, everywhere. See LIXIL's sustainability commitment here: WHY JOIN US: Do you want to be at the forefront of solving one of the greatest environmental issues? Are you excited about innovation, career growth, and meaningful impact? If so, we might be a match for you! We want an engineering wizard who can thrive in a fun, fast-paced, high-energy work environment with an agile mindset that will challenge the status quo. Work with enormously talented thinkers, creators, and doers who are as collaborative as they are passionate. Here at Hydrific, you have the freedom to bring plans to life by taking end-to-end ownership as a foundational team member. We are an innovation-thirsty, outcomes-driven group that feels pride in our work. Our culture empowers all teammates to experiment, learn, and grow. So, if you're looking for a place that will challenge you intellectually and creatively, a place that will cultivate your career and growth, join our rapidly growing startup today. Responsibilities We are looking for an ambitious Senior Backend Engineer to join our team in creating the next generation of IoT water savings solutions. This role will take ownership of continuing to build out our backend functionality, including expanding our data processing and detection algorithms, microservice architecture, and overall supporting implementation of key features of our best-in-class product. The ideal candidate is passionate about learning new technologies and solving problems with a wide variety of tools to create a real impact. We're using: Elixir, PostgreSQL, TimescaleDb, C++, Grafana, GraphQL, Flutter, AWS, and IoT technologies (MQTT, etc.). Main Responsibilities:

• Code Development: Write, test, and deploy high-quality, robust, and scalable backend code, ensuring our applications align with the business goals.
• Data Processing: Analyze, refine, and expand our existing detection algorithms, signal processing, and data pipelines to ensure key product feature functionality.
• Team Mentoring: Lead technical design and mentor engineering team members, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment.
• Product Collaboration: Work closely with key product stakeholders to comprehend, analyze, and fulfill product needs. Participate actively in our Agile Scrum process, providing valuable inputs to the development lifecycle.
• CI/CD Infrastructure: Take the lead in expanding our CI/CD infrastructure. Establish rigorous unit and integration testing processes, and incorporate advanced deployment tools to streamline releases to test and production environments.
• Quality Assurance: Collaborate closely with our QA team to ensure stringent code quality standards are maintained throughout the release life-cycle.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience building scalable software solutions with an emphasis on backend systems, architecture, and design
• 6+ years of experience with web frameworks and platform engineering in production
• Proven, hands-on experience designing and operating industry-scale distributed systems that ingest, process, and analyze real-time data from IoT devices in production environments
• Experience and deep understanding in data pipelines, signal processing, filtering, data algorithms, and working with time-series data
• Experience with working on industry scale distributed systems
• Advanced knowledge of databases (PostgreSQL) and designing/documenting APIs (GraphQL, REST)
• Proficiency with one or more functional programming languages (e.g., Elixir, Erlang, Clojure or Haskell)
• Experience with one or more object-oriented or procedural programming languages (e.g., Java, Go, Python, C, C++, Ruby, JavaScript/TypeScript, PHP, Rust, or C#)
• Strong commitment to quality with significant testing experience
• Deep knowledge of the full software development lifecycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, process building, testing, and operations
• Proven track record of shipping software to production within agile development environments
• Ability to deliver creative solutions to business-critical requirements
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Big Plus if you also have the following experiences:

• Embedded Firmware and IoT devices
• Electrical engineering and basic electronics device prototyping
• Mobile app development
• Front-end web development

Hiring Range The Hiring Salary Range for this position is $88,000.00-$163,000.000 annually. (Salary offer to be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, location, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.) Other Compensation: This role will be eligible to participate in the annual Short Term Incentive plan of 15 %. EEO Statement AS, AMERICA INC. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetics, disability, marital status, age, veteran status, domestic partner status, medical condition or any other characteristic protected by law. Only at LIXIL's request preferred vendors may be invited to refer talent for specific open positions. In such cases, a current and fully executed agreement with LIXIL must be in place. Recruitment & Staffing Agencies: AS, AMERICA INC does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to AS, AMERICA INC. or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by AS, AMERICA INC. internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of AS, AMERICA INC. and will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.